{"id":200064,"date":"2025-12-23T16:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/200064\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:31:11","slug":"jessie-j-reveals-how-shes-rebuilding-fitness-after-cancer-surgery-and-why-10-minute-workouts-are-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/200064\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessie J reveals how she’s rebuilding fitness after cancer surgery\u00a0\u2013 and why 10-minute workouts are key"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the January 2026 issue of Women\u2019s Health, cover star Jessie J<\/a> is opening up about her journey back to fitness following her breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent mastectomy earlier this year. The artist publicly announced that she had been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in June of 2025, saying she was \u2018holding on to the word early\u2019 when she shared the news with fans on Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n

After an emotional performance at Capital\u2019s Summertime Ball just a few weeks post-announcement \u2013 which she described as her \u2018last show before I go and beat breast cancer\u2019<\/a> \u2013 Jessie underwent a mastectomy later that month. <\/p>\n

Now well into her recovery, Jessie says she is focusing on gently rebuilding her strength<\/a> and fitness \u2013 and cardio<\/a> on her Peloton is the priority. \u2018I used to be obsessed with Pilates and heavy weights,\u2019 she tells Women\u2019s Health. \u2018I\u2019ve never been a cardio queen. That\u2019s why I got the Peloton: I need to up my cardio because of my heart.\u2019<\/p>\n

Alongside cardio, she\u2019ll be returning to weights, with the goal of getting stronger for her tour: first in the US and China, then the UK and Europe in April, she tells us. In a video on Instagram<\/a>, she adds, ‘I feel like I want to make a promise as best I can, as consistency is not my thing, to work out or move my body every day \u2013 even if it’s just for 10 minutes, until my next surgery. Because I just don’t feel strong.’ <\/p>\n

Movement has been integral to her mental wellbeing during recovery \u2013 but so has meditation, she says. \u2018[My] ADHD and chronic stress are best mates,\u2019 she shares of her neurodivergence diagnosis in 2023. \u2018I thrive off highly stimulating situations. I don\u2019t know how to\u2026\u2019 she exhales slowly, imitating a calm person. <\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m a very stressful person and so I\u2019m trying to be better at letting that go. The way I meditate is with a made-up word, with no connotations. I picture it being drawn in my mind. So if I\u2019m in a busy environment, like at an awards ceremony, I think of that word and it pulls me back to calm.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u00a0As Women\u2019s Health UK\u2019s fitness director and a qualified Pilates and yoga instructor, Bridie Wilkins has been passionately reporting on exercise, health and nutrition since the start of her decade-long career in journalism. She secured her first role at Look Magazine, where her obsession with fitness began and she launched the magazine\u2019s health and fitness column, Look Fit, before going on to become Health and Fitness writer at HELLO!. Since, she has written for Stylist, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, The Metro, Runner\u2019s World and Red.Now, she oversees all fitness content across womenshealthmag.com.uk<\/a> and the print magazine, spearheading leading cross-platform franchises, such as \u2018Fit At Any Age\u2019, where we showcase the women proving that age is no barrier to exercise. She has also represented the brand on BBC Radio London, plus various podcasts and Substacks \u2013 all with the aim to encourage more women to exercise and show them how.Outside of work, find her trying the latest Pilates studio, testing her VO2 max for fun (TY, Oura), or posting workouts on Instagram. \u00a0<\/p>\n